Synodic month length 29.39 days

Length of current 1109 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 17 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than next lunation 1110 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 42 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 10 September 2089 Saturday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠19.1°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠19.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠38.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon before apogee

6 days after point of perigee on 3 September 2089 at 12:32 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 15 September 2089 at 19:18 in ♒ Aquarius.

Distance to Moon 391 072 km

Moon after ascending node

4 days after its ascending node on 6 September 2089 at 11:05 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 September 2089 at 20:20 in ♈ Aries.

Draconic month

Moon before southern standstill

10 days after previous North standstill on 30 August 2089 at 14:24 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.297°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.244° in the next southern standstill on 12 September 2089 at 09:44 in ♐ Sagittarius.